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Originally Posted by deecee
JR this is how I look at things and I get blasted here -- many POE's are guidelines for those that cannot handle simple situations.
game management to me is not how do I apply the rules as strictly as I can -- but rather how can I work with both coaches and the table in the confines of the rules where the game can be enjoyable and fair. One of my pet pevees -- because the coaching box and the fashion guidelines were huge POE's in our association this year -- is that the refs I work with only focus on THAT --
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You make it sound like an either/or thing. Why isn't game management both (1) applying the rules AND, (b) working with coaches and table? In my association, I have to do things the way my assignor wants them done. The POE's are not just guidelines for those that cannot handle simple situations. In my association, if I don't take the POE's seriously (at least the ones that my assignor cares about), I don't get good games. I also have to work with coaches and the talbe to be sure that the game is enjoyable and fair. I have to do both. That's what the good refs around here do. They work strictly within the rules, and they manage the game to keep it enjoyable and fair. It may be different in your area, but don't make it sound like everyone should do it your way, or else they're just idiots. Some of us are smart enough to know which side of the bread has the butter on it.